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[Demetrios]

Originally posted by Derek Pullem
Yes - this is something I'd like to see too. Bosnia by Austria, Tunisia by France to name but two.

France never annexed Tunisia outright. It remained a satellite, with its own bey as ruler, right up until independence.

 

[Johnny Canuck]

Originally posted by joak
The French thought that too when they tried to annex Morrocco in 1911. Their misunderstanding almost started WWI three years early

LOL!

 

[Derek Pullem]

Originally posted by Demetrios
France never annexed Tunisia outright. It remained a satellite, with its own bey as ruler, right up until independence.

After the convention of Marsra(sp?) in 1883 the French resident-general was ruler in all but name from 1884 onwards. Satellite "technically" maybe but in games terms a colony